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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
SEPTEMBER
2015
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MARKETPLACE
On 29 May 2015, AfriSam honoured
community members who successfully
completed the ABET programme at a
ceremony held at Tlhage Primary School in
Rustenburg. Out of the 24 community members
who started training in January, 11 successfully
graduated and were awarded with certificates by
AfriSam. The graduates also received a stipend
from MQA, a Sector Education and Training
Authority (SETA), responsible for the administration
of skills development programmes for the mining
and minerals sector in South Africa.
Learning and development manager at
AfriSam, Johan du Toit said, “We hope that the
graduates are more than motivated and encour-
aged to continue learning, with the vision of a
better future for themselves and their communi-
ties. Our role as AfriSam is to create possibilities
and uphold our legacy of building communities
by making it possible for our people to realise
their dreams for the future benefit of our country.”
AfriSam’s commitment to the programme is
in line with the company’s overall community
involvement mission, which is to understand
the needs of society and communities in areas
where it does business, and make meaningful
and sustainable contributions to their upliftment.
CREATING LEARNING
POSSIBILITIES
Leading construction materials company AfriSam, in
partnership with the Mining Qualification Authority
(MQA) and Media Works, has joined forces with
community members in Rustenburg to create learning
possibilities through the Adult Basic Education and
Training (ABET) Programme.
Smiling faces all around from the 2015 ABET graduates.
ABET Programme top learner Goitseaona Kwele is
congratulated by community leader Martin Mothata,
Tlhage Primary School principal David Molefe, and
AfriSam Rustenburg branch manager, Gerhard Maree.
The company is involved in various
educational projects nationwide,
with the objective of empowering
and equipping communities with
the knowledge and skills, as well
as providing them with the tools
and facilities to become self-reliant
and sustainable.
Traditional Councillor of the Royal
Bafokeng Nation, Khutsafalo Tsebe
said, “The Royal Bafokeng Nation is
proud of AfriSam’s commitment and
passion towards the development of
education for our people. Education
is the key to success, and our mission
and vision as the Bafokeng Nation is
to invest in upgrading the standard
of our country’s education. We thank
AfriSam for joining us in this mission,
and we hope they keep up this excel-
lent standard.”
The ABET programme has also
been extended to KwaZulu-Natal
where 62 community members
enrolled for training in January, 59
successfully graduated and were
awarded with certificates by AfriSam.
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employment’ as outlined by the regulation. How people may be carried
and who may be carried needs to be spelled out.
Regulation 292 in which speed limits will be reduced to 40 km/h in
urban areas, 80 km/h outside urban and 100 km/h on highways where they
pass through urban areas is also being challenged. According the objection
heavy vehicles do not operate within their optimal efficiency at 40 km/h
with a load and tend to overheat. In addition the time taken to travel over
distances will be much increased and will require more vehicles to be put
on the road in order to make the same amount of deliveries. In addition
they remind the Department of Transport that speed limits are not properly
enforced on our roads at present and that decreasing the speed limits will
have no change on road deaths.
After-hours ban
In terms of Draft Regulation 318A, in which vehicles with a gross mass of
more than 9 000 kg may not operate in urban areas at peak times during
week days, Aspasa and Sarma caution strongly against this regulation being
passed as it will have a serious effect on both industries and will negatively
impact infrastructure development.
Among others, buildingmaterial deliveries need to be scheduled in work
hours when labour forces are present and the feasibility of smaller trucks
is limited as many more trucks will need to be put on the road. In addition,
large trucks that are accidently caught in the curfew time will have to pull
over and this will create even bigger problems as large parking areas will
be needed. Transport costs will increase dramatically and this will push up
the price of construction. Readymix concrete has a“shelf time of +- 3 hours
while in the back of the truck.
Nico concludes that businesses will suffer serious financial losses as a
result of these regulations being passed and has strongly urged the Depart-
ment of Transport to revise the regulations so that they are in line with the
NDP. “We are happy to work with Government and law enforces to make
our roads safer without leading to the detriment of any person, company
or the economy as a whole.”
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
SEPTEMBER
2015